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City Hunter (TV series)
City Hunter Original run 25 May 2011 (2011-05-25) –
28 July 2011 (2011-07-28)
Chronology
Preceded by 49 Days
Followed by Protect the Boss
External links
Official website
City Hunter (????) is a South Korean television drama se-
ries starring Lee Min Ho, Park Min Young, Lee Joon Hyuk,
Hwang Sun Hee, Goo Hara and Lee Kwang Soo. It pre-
Promotional poster for City Hunter
miered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished broadcasting
Also known ???? on July 28, 2011. The show reached number one in its
as time slot in Korea, reaching 18% ratings, as well as
Genre Romance achieving popularity throughout Asia.[1][2] The show’s
Action ending and immense popularity have led to calls for a
Thriller second season, a rarity in Korean television dramas. [3]
Format Television series It is based on Japanese manga series, City Hunter, writ-
ten and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo.
Created by Tsukasa Hojo After the end of the show in August 2011, costars Lee
Written by Hwang Eun Kyung Min Ho and Park Min Young confirmed that they were
Choi Soo Jin dating.[4]
Directed by Jin Hyuk
Starring Lee Min Ho
Synopsis
Park Min Young The story starts in 1983. The South Korean president and
Lee Joon Hyuk
his delegates are visiting Burma (now Myanmar) when
Hwang Sun Hee
Goo Hara a bomb planted by North Korea explodes, killing some
Lee Kwang Soo high ranking officials. This historical event is called the
Rangoon bombing (also known as the Rangoon incident).
Country of South Korea
origin
To strike back, five South Korean officials plan an un-
derground operation to enter North Korea and kill North
Language(s) Korean Korean agents. Unbeknownst to the South Korean pres-
No. of 1 ident, Lee Jin-Pyo (Kim Sang Joong) and Park Moo-Yul
seasons (Park Sang Min) who work as bodyguards for the Chung
Hwa Dae, organize a 21-men troop to execute the plan.
No. of 20
episodes
However, as the operation os taking place, the five high-
ranking officials changed their minds, aborting the plan
Production in order to avoid an international crisis if the mission is
Producer(s) Kim Young Sup discovered. Their major concern is that the United States
might withdraw its nuclear protection if the mission is
Location(s) Korea, Thailand made public.
Running time Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 (KST) The operation is successful, but as the troops swim to
the submarine which is supposed to take them back to
Broadcast
South Korea, snipers from the submarine shoot and kill
Original SBS all the troop members, except Lee Jin-Pyo, while they are
channel still in the water. An already injured Park Moo-Yul uses
his body to shield Jin-Pyo, thus saving his life. As the only
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survivor of the ambush, Jin-Pyo swims back to shore and • Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo
returns to South Korea, where he finds out that there are He was the only one to survive the slaughter 28 years ago.
a total of five officials responsible for aborting the opera- Full of anger, he wants to kill all of the people who or-
tion. dered the execution. He pretended to be an investor from
Vowing to avenge his fallen comrades, including his The America and started his revenge through his dead
closest and best friend Park Moo Yul, he kidnaps Moo- best friend’s son, Lee Yoon Sung.
Yul’s son and flees to Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle, • Hwang Sun Hee as Jin Sae Hee
specifically the mountainous Burmese-Thai border. She was Kim Young Joo’s Ex-Wife, a vet.
There, he raises the child as his own and trains the boy • Goo Hara as Choi Da Hye
intensively in combat. Following an attack on the village, The president’s academically challenged daughter.
Jin-Pyo confesses to the child, Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min
Ho), about his long-term plan for revenge. Extended cast
Seven years later, after successfully finishing his col- • Chun Ho Jin as Choi Eung Chan
lege years in the United States at Massachusetts Institute • Kim Sang Ho as Bae Shik Joong
of Technology, Yoon-Sung returns to South Korea to ful- • Park Sang Min as Park Moo Yul
fill his step-father’s plan for revenge. He enters the Blue • Kim Mi Sook as Lee Kyung Hee
House (South Korean presidential palace) as an IT expert • Lee Seung Hyung as Song Young Duk
under the National Communication Network Team. He is • Yang Jin Sung as Shin Eun Ah
warned by Jin-Pyo not to trust anyone and never to fall in • Lee Kwang Soo as Go Ki Joon
love, as doing so will put the people around him in dan- • Kim Byung Choon as Jang Woo Hyun
ger. • Shin Young Jin as Kim Mi Ok
In Chung Hwa Dae, he meets bodyguard Kim Na-na • Lee Hyo Jung as Lee Kyung Wan
(Park Min Young). The story of love and revenge begins. • Choi Jung Woo as Chun Jae Man
Eventually the bodyguard Kim Na-na, helps him to take • Choi Il Hwa as Kim Jong Shik
revenge, as they discover that they have the same goal in • Choi Sang Hoon as Seo Yong Hak
mind. So both of them start working together but prob-
lems occur during their revenge plot.
A big shocking twist occurs as the truth unveils. References
[1] http://www.soompi.com/news/city-hunter-
Cast [2]
teases-with-underwater-scenes-from-episode-18
http://www.soompi.com/news/lee-min-ho-
• Lee Min Ho as Lee Yoon Sung got-400000-more-chinese-fans-after-end-of-city-
He is the "City Hunter". His ultimate goal is to avenge hunter
his father’s killers as the City Hunter. He used a dead [3] "City Hunter’ Couple Fall in Love Off-Camera". The
Korean-American John Lee’s identity,with this identity Chosunilbo. 2011-8-24. http://english.chosun.com/
he gets his Doctoral degree at MIT, and to enter Korea’s site/data/html_dir/2011/08/24/
presidential palace. But while he was taking revenge, he 2011082400496.html. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
falls in love with a presidential guard called Kim Nana. [4] http://www.soompi.com/news/lee-min-ho-and-
He tries to protect Nana from the many enemies hunting park-min-young-found-to-be-dating-for-a-month
him down.
• Park Min Young as Kim Na Na
She is a judo master, being forced to fend for herself at an External links
early age after one of her parents were killed in a drunk • SBS official website
driving accident and the other is in a coma. She has to
take many jobs in order to support herself. Her excep-
tional skills in martial arts allowed her to be chosen as
one of the president’s bodyguards. During her time as a
bodyguard, she falls in love with Lee Yoon Sung.
• Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Young Joo
An intelligent prosecutor, Kim Young Joo possesses a
strong sense of justice, even against the corrupt politi-
cians of South Korea. He was Jin Sae Hee’s ex-husband
as well as the son of one of the officials that ordered the
slaughter. He is constant rival against the City Hunter
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